In hope
of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
--Titus 1:2
King
James,
John 7:8-10:
Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet
unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come. When he had said these words
unto them, he abode still in Galilee. But when his brethren were gone up, then
went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
One three-letter word is all it takes
to change a meaning entirely... and that word is "yet"
The ESV says:
You go up to the feast. I am not
going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come.” After saying
this, he remained in Galilee. But after his brothers had gone up to the feast,
then he also went up, not publicly but in private.
By removing that first 'yet' in John
7:8, the ESV makes Jesus Christ a liar. According to the ESV, Jesus said he was
not going up to this feast, period.
The NIV says:
You go to the festival. I am not
going up to this festival, because my time has not yet fully come.” After
he had said this, he stayed in Galilee. However, after his brothers had left
for the festival, he went also, not publicly, but in secret.
So, what is Jesus saying in the NIV?
That he's not going up to the festival/feast, period.
The NASB [New American Standard Bible]:
Go up to the feast yourselves; I do
not go up to this feast because My time has not yet fully come.” Having
said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee. But when His brothers had gone
up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as if, in
secret.
What does Jesus say in the NASB? That
he is not going to the feast, period.
The truth is, the true Lord Jesus
didn't say anything in the NIV, ESV nor NASB. The Jesus in those versions is
that other Jesus... one of many false versions of Jesus mentioned
in 2 Corinthians 11:14.
For if he that cometh
preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another
spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not
accepted, ye might well bear with him.
Notice what these modern versions have
done by removing the "yet." They've made Jesus Christ a liar,
therefore making Him a sinner.
In those versions, they say that Jesus
said He's not going to the feast, PERIOD... and then He does!
In the King James, He says He's not
going up, yet... and then He does, a little later.
Jesus Christ can be deceptive. After
all, when He does go to the feast, He does so, as it were, in secret.
One thing we can be
sure of:
Jesus is no liar.
He never bore (and never bears) false
witness against or to anyone. Yet these modern versions of the Bible have the
Lord Jesus lying openly and defiantly to his brethren in John 7, verse 8.
He did delude these unbelieving
brothers born of Mary. Perhaps He didn't want to travel to the gathering with
them. Because the Lord asks you and me in the book of Amos, Can two walk
together, except they be agreed?